Any Yachtmaster owners have you got a Yacht - or any other use for the timer?

[edyu]

Originally Posted by RTG

Countdown complication is only limited by your imagination. So do you have an imagination? I have used the YMII for kids timeouts and 8 minute burger flips. Grill running hot? The flyback and flyforward of the countdown comes in damn handy.

No silly screw down pushers to delay activation. Works better than the Daytona to time the kids sprints. Larger display is easier to read and the larger red hands on white dial contrast a ton better than those tiny little daytona hands. (you know what they say about watches with tiny hands don't you?)

Daytona wins the hi-res photo wars 100% of the time but on the wrist the YMII is a much more useful chronograph. Now where is the mic drop emoji?

Well said. I like daytona but will likely get YM2 next.

[droptopman]

Originally Posted by Brew

My name is Elmer J. Fudd. I own a mansion and a Yacht-Master.

LOL, beat me to it. Classic

[Dsmith1974]

Originally Posted by pickettt

That’s what I’m saying. The term submariner was not used until the invention of the submarine, as you stated, during the American Civil War. I was responding to the comment that a submariner was merely someone who goes under water. People were going underwater before the submarine was invented but they weren’t called submariners at that time. I actually wasn’t saying anything about a Rolex Submariner at all.

My apologies. I thought someone said that Rolex first made the submariner in the 1950s when submarines were invented

I also made another mistake. It was the war of independence and not the civil war.




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[Dsmith1974]

[QUOTE=Paul_I;9374686]I would like to hear more about this Royal Navy Man-o-War that fought in the American Civil War.

HMS Eagle. Btw it was the American Revolutionary War so even earlier.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_(submersible)

[Trepang]

I am a Submariner with a Submariner. Spent 26 years on Submarines in the US Navy.

FWIW, in our world it is pronounced "Submarine-er", not "Sub-Mariner". "Sub-Mariner" implies a Mariner of lesser quality, which we are not.

I do not have yacht or a Yachmaster but I do hold a USCG Masters license and have a 50 foot charter fishing boat.

[frankfrazetta]

I exclusively use me subc's bezel to time cooking. I don't dive, but my son does. Holiday Inn Express anyone?

[Paul_I]

[QUOTE=Dsmith1974;9375199]

Originally Posted by Paul_I

I would like to hear more about this Royal Navy Man-o-War that fought in the American Civil War.

HMS Eagle. Btw it was the American Revolutionary War so even earlier.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_(submersible)

Well done.

[RolexReviews]

I currently live about an hour away from Miami. Would live to own a smaller Yacht and drive it while wearing my YMII. hopefully that'll be accomplished in the next 20 years

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[Paul_I]

Originally Posted by RolexReviews

I currently live about an hour away from Miami. Would live to own a smaller Yacht and drive it while wearing my YMII. hopefully that'll be accomplished in the next 20 years

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[RolexReviews]

Originally Posted by Paul_I

excuse me for not being a Yacht Master and knowing the correct terminology to use for what I said above

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[HONDABBQ]

Don’t own a yacht, but I like wearing this anyway.


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[Paul_I]

Originally Posted by HONDABBQ

Don’t own a yacht, but I like wearing this anyway.


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Looks good on you.

[PatronMTL]

Who cares about Yachts, I got mine cuz I’m a Master

[Casey VP-26]

Originally Posted by Trepang

I am a Submariner with a Submariner. Spent 26 years on Submarines in the US Navy.

FWIW, in our world it is pronounced "Submarine-er", not "Sub-Mariner". "Sub-Mariner" implies a Mariner of lesser quality, which we are not.

I do not have yacht or a Yachmaster but I do hold a USCG Masters license and have a 50 foot charter fishing boat.

Thanks for serving.

[Daveclock]

Originally Posted by Paul_I

Looks good on you.

One of the nicer ones too, and it "might" even look better on your yacht/jot/floaty thing on the sea/water in the future too!

[Daveclock]

Originally Posted by HONDABBQ

Don’t own a yacht, but I like wearing this anyway.


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Sorry I meant this one looked cool.
We can all have Yacht envy!
No doubt will soon look cooler watching a yacht or in one! or perhaps just out and about!

[Dsmith1974]

Agreed. RG YM OF is a very nice watch.

[milgauss1349]

Should be called the “Parking Meter Master” as that’s all mine ever tracks!

This said I really appreciate the combination of a bi-directional bezel, simplicity of a non-chronograph movement (vs say a VC Overseas) and something that isn’t on every wrist everywhere (like the sub).

I really love my YM and it gets the second most wrist time of all my Rolex’s only because the Exp II is a great little field watch.


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[bazin]

Originally Posted by edyu

A yacht is really not that expensive. A superyacht is a completely different story. I can afford a yacht but cannot afford a superyacht yet (I believe the estimate is about $1M for every 3.3ft of superyacht).

As for timing, YM2 is probably one of the best timer for daily things as most things I need to time is less than 10 minutes. I do wish the timer can be an hour though.

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That's true....
I am Dutch, have a.o a YM II which I wear with much pleasure........
I also have a traditional Dutch Yacht which I also like very much.....it is a very stable yacht, not so fast however.
Up till now I did not use the count down timer on my yacht.

[Statuswan]

I use mine to keep track of elapsed time during code blues at the hospital... And also parking meters.

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[kirksingleton]

I have a yacht, a yacht master 2, belong to a yacht club and race (small dingys) sailboats!

[DGP]

After buying my yacht-master 40 everose. Found I had no money left for the yacht.
(No worries,I get sea sick any way!)

[blue lion]

No Yachtmaster for me, also no yacht.
But I don't dive and wear a Sub and don't fly a plane and have a GMT.

[Onikage]

I don't know how to drive a yacht. If I ever get the chance to at least I'll look as if I know what I'm doing.

[Oreo0817]

Originally Posted by VicLeChic

A yachtmaster is a license to drive boats, it's not a title of ownership of a boat.

The Rolex YM is not meant for yacht owners but for participants in a yacht race. The bi-directional bezel (YM) is supposed to assist with the tracking of elapsed time between buoys in a typical regatta. The 10 min countdown (YM II) helps with getting prepared for the start of the race. You don't own the yacht, just like a pilot doesn't own a formula 1.

Naming the watch Yacht-Master is perhaps confusing to most people, Yacht-Racer might have been a better name, IMHO.

Yeah I understand the point of the timer for the regatta but I feel like its even more niche to ask "how many of you race yaghts" than "how many of you have yaghts" I might be wrong tho

[Jamie1111]

Originally Posted by snowbone

i laughed

Me too


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[Mike Jab]

I own 2 yacht but no yachtmaster watch to be honest

[AK797]

Got mine as I have a lovely yacht in my bath... called Yachty McYachtface.

[KermitGang]

I don’t have a YM2 but my daughter races in half a dozen regattas a year. She uses a digital timer with audible beeps each minute and beeps each second for the final 10 seconds leading up to the start of the race.

After reading through the YM2 owners thread, I’m seriously considering picking up a 116680. Just as the Daytona is more useful to the spectator, I see the YM2 as the perfect toy to help ease long days of putzing around a hosting yacht club.


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[Greg 59]

Me and my Beneteau

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